Bell Ranch (N.M.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
Charles M. O'Donel Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-495-BC
Scope and Content
The collection contains correspondence relating to the personal and business affairs of Charles O'Donel. It also contains genealogical and biographical information about the O'Donel, Kearny and Harral families. There are also some samples of Mexican pesos and Confederate dollars (1861-1914). Photographs have been transferred to CSWR Photoarchives.
Dates:
1860-1978; Majority of material found in 1919-1935
Charles M. O'Donel Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: PICT-000-495
Abstract
The collection consists largely of photographs of the O'Donel family, their friends, and employees on the Bell Ranch. Pictures of O'Donel's original home in Ireland, family vacation spots in California, family shots in Denver, and trips to Mexico and Guatemala also form part of the collection.
Dates:
1860-1950
David A. Remley Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-763-BC
Abstract
Collection consists of research material used for the book: Bell Ranch: Cattle Ranching in the Southwest, 1824-1947.
Dates:
1790-1991; Majority of material found within 1821-1947
George F. Ellis Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-694-BC
Abstract
This collection contains correspondence and personal papers of George F. Ellis, manager of the Bell Ranch from 1947-1970, general and subject correspondence files (1944-1945) of former manager Albert K. Mitchell, and records from the Bell Ranch, 1929-1970.
Dates:
1929-1970
George F. Ellis Pictorial Collection
Collection
Identifier: PICT-000-694
Abstract
The photographs in this collection came from the George F. Ellis Papers, 1929-1970. They are all related to the activities and business of the Bell Ranch.
Dates:
1945-1956
Martha Ellis Collection
Collection
Identifier: AC 635
Scope and Content
The collection contains letters from previous employees and visitors to the Bell Ranch. Additional files contain galley proofs, notes, artist and publisher letters concerning books about the history of the Bell Ranch and its neighboring areas written by Martha, aka Mattie, Ellis, George Ellis [husband], and Eugene Price [father]. Two folders concern the establishment and cancellation of the Bell Ranch Post Office.
Dates:
1907-1970
Red River Valley Company Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: PICT-000-086
Abstract
Collection consists of one album, formerly the property of C. M. O'Donel, of mounted prints related to life on the Bell Ranch, New Mexico.
Dates:
1889-1933
Red River Valley Company Records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-86-BC
Scope and Content
The Red River Valley Company collection contains the records of the daily activities of the Bell Ranch. It contains the legal records of the Pablo Montoya Grant, and the correspondence of Bell Ranch managers Arthur J. Tisdall, Charles M. O'Donel, and Albert K. Mitchell, covering the years 1894 to 1943. There are monthly employee lists, payrolls, business books and annual reports, tax records, receipts for equipment and supplies, maps, surveys, cattle and horse breeding records, marketing and...
Dates:
1865-1947